Off the again of his second title struggle loss to the incumbent, Alex Pereira over the course of final weekend at UFC 303, former mild heavyweight champion, Jiri Prochazka and his crew are as soon as extra mulling over a possible drop to the middleweight restrict for his return to motion.
Headlining the promotion’s Worldwide Struggle Week card on short-notice at UFC 303 on the finish of final month, Prochazka was felled for the second time in lower than a yr by the above-mentioned, Pereira – who dispatched him with a thunderous second spherical high-kick knockout win in Las Vegas.
And now boasting a 1-2 report within the promotion following a formidable four-fight unbeaten rise of finishes to start his Octagon tenure, Prochazka claimed he would wish to significantly “evolve” in his time away from competitors, or contemplate retiring from fight sports activities.
“Hi there everybody, thanks for all of your help,” Jiri Prochazka mentioned. “Due to you Alex (Pereira) for the struggle, it was higher. Just one factor goes on my thoughts: that I have to evolve, to the subsequent stage, or don’t struggle once more.”
“So it’s quite simple,” Jiri Prochazka continued. “To be the strongest, that is the way in which. Thanks, see you within the health club.
Jiri Prochazka backed to contemplate middleweight drop
And discussing his scholar’s future following UFC 303, Prochazka’s coach, Martin Karaivanov thought-about a middleweight restrict drop for the Czech star in his rapid return to motion.
“Personally talking, I see [middleweight] as a possible restart and a constructive step,” Karaivanov informed TN CZ Sport. “He (Jiri Prochazka) can be nonetheless at an age the place he can reduce weight to [185 pounds] comparatively nicely. We will certainly speak about it, It gained’t be my determination, however a crew determination. A middleweight [move] would make sense as a result of it will be a brand new begin, one thing new to focus one. A return to mild heavyweight would make sense if and when it begins changing into tough for him to chop weight to middleweight.”
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